Dr. Ray L. Winstead
Professor of Biology (retired),
Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Blue Spruce Park Chickadees:

Feeding Chickadees Out of My Hand
near Indiana, Pennsylvania

Photos

 
Ray Winstead with two Chickadees
near Indiana, Pennsylvania
December 26, 2012

 
Ed Patterson, Director
Indiana County Parks & Trails
February 7, 2013

  Maddy and Daniel
Photo sequence above by Dawn Winstead
11-24-2019.
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Maddy
Photo by Dawn Winstead, 11-24-2022.
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Two Photos Above Taken By TJ Fairchild
March 19, 2023.
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Kasey with Chickadee, January 3, 2013

Carol with Chickadee, February 4, 2017

When I arrived at Blue Spruce Park the morning of December 2, 2024, to feed the wild birds out of my hand, Sheriff's Deputies Dale and Hall of the Indiana County Sheriff's Office were in the parking lot, so I encouraged them to see what I was doing not too far away for just a few minutes.  They couldn't stay very long, but Deputy Hall was immediately successful in having chickadees, titmice, and nuthatches come to his hand. You can see a nuthatch on his hand in this photo. Let's show our support for the members of our law enforcement agencies with positive interactions with them whenever we can!

Bob Mulvihill, National Aviary Ornithologist,
(Pittsburgh, PA) 11-2-2025

Two Brunettos with a Nuthatch and a Titmouse
January 19, 2024.
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Allyson Barrante, September 8, 2023
Photo by Ed Patterson
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Bill Waryck, teacher from Indiana PA, with IUP Fulbright Scholars Sophie Faye (Senegal), Faith Kaylie Yi Cheng Ong (Singapore), April Belarmino (Philippines), Ee Noch Ng (Singapore), Francis Etyand (Uganda), and Jobson Barbosa (Brazil). Note the Tufted Titmouse on Ee Noch Ng's hand in the middle. 11-22-2023
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Memory Collage from Faith Kaylie Yi Cheng Ong (Singapore)
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Sophia Faye and a Nuthatch
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  Ray Leading "Hot Chocolate Bird Walk"
Photos above by Frederic Kipp, 2-11-2023.
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Hot Chocolate Walk, 2-3-2024, Photo by Josh Krug

Nice Feathers!
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Photo by Kimberly Shawley Ryder

Friends of the Parks "Chili Walk" February 8, 2020 (five birds in photo trio)

 

November 12, 2021
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Blue Spruce Park, Indiana, PA,
January 23, 2021. Photos by Dawn. 18ºF.
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1) Waiting for me to open the seeds, having heard/seen me coming.

2) "OK, the seed container is open - let's go early before he's ready!"	3) OK, I'm ready now. Who's next?
4) White-breasted Nuthatch.	5) Black-capped Chickadee.
6) Tufted Titmouse.	7) "My turn now!"

September 2017 Bob Mulvihill, Ornithologist, National Aviary, Pittsburgh, PA Ray Winstead

Photo taken by Daniel Winstead, February 20, 2018

Eighteen PHOTOS December 26, 2012 - January 3, 2013

Friends of the Parks and Indiana County Decathlon
"Chili Walk," February 11, 2017

February 4, 2017 Friends: 40 Photos
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Ten Photos of Merle and Eleanor Stilwell January 4, 2016

You can also see a write-up of a field trip November 23, 2013 I led to feed the birds with the Todd Bird Club at

Todd_Nuthatch_2014_January.pdf

A photo of me feeding a nuthatch was also on the front page of the local newspaper on December 10, 2013.  The newspaper photographer Tom Peel was out at the park looking for a shot, so he took photos of me feeding the birds.

December 10, 2013 Front Page Indiana Gazette, Photo by Tom Peel
 

The birds are happy, and so am I!
December 17, 2020
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